West Palm police: Man attacks woman with knife during argument

A 56-year-old West Palm Beach man remained in jail Wednesday night after he allegedly attacked a woman with a knife following a fight that extended over two days.

West Palm Beach police arrested Wayne Samuel Fagan on Tuesday on charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and battery causing bodily harm. Officers confronted Fagan as he pointed the knife at the unidentified woman, according to a police report made public Wednesday.

Police responded just before 5 p.m. Tuesday to an unspecified address. Officers found a woman with visible injuries. The apartment door was open and officers could hear a commotion inside.

The officers saw Fagan armed with the knife and threatening another person, the report said. They ordered him to drop the knife. Fagan refused to comply at first, but then placed the knife on top of a television stand, police said.

During the investigation, a woman told officers that Fagan hit her in the head with a bottle of cologne after an argument Monday. On Tuesday, the woman reportedly tried to leave, but Fagan refused to let her. The woman resisted as Fagan tried to drag her into the apartment, prompting him to cut her on the hand and elbow, police said.

Fagan was being held at the Palm Beach County Jail late Wednesday on $6,000 bail.